Looks like Panda has revamped its line for 2009.
Plain-AV solution Panda Antivirus is gone . Now we have Panda Antivirus Pro which like McAfee VirusScan Plus bundles AV & Firewall.
Taking on those all-in-one (360 type) suites, Panda Global Protection throws in PC-Optimization to the AV suite. Includes Backup,Tune-up and online-storage.

I tested Panda Pro 2009 for a few hours then removed it. It's a snazzy looking setup and it has a firewall and no web guard but it runs real heavy and really seemed to pull alot of ram when I browsed. It is a big download. The AV and Firewall was nearly 200 megs in my programs folder. There are pics of the 2009 suite in the AV screenshots thread. I'll stick with the lightness, speed and strength of Avira on my Desktop...

I tested Panda Pro 2009 for a few hours then removed it. It's a snazzy looking setup and it has a firewall and no web guard but it runs real heavy and really seemed to pull alot of ram when I browsed. It is a big download. The AV and Firewall was nearly 200 megs in my programs folder. There are pics of the 2009 suite in the AV screenshots thread. I'll stick with the lightness, speed and strength of Avira on my Desktop...

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Quite the opposite here, I am running Panda Internet Security 2009. It has HTTP scanning, if that's what you mean. See shot below:

For me its running light. The incompatibility bugs I had raised with my BT drivers and some apps is solved. Runs quite light. See snap below:

OK so I'm giving it another try and think I found what the resource hogger is. When I browse with Firefox it really seems to carry a load. Using Internet Explorer or Opera and things go much smoother. Overall this is a really nice setup. I'm testing Panda AV Pro 2009...

OK so I'm giving it another try and think I found what the resource hogger is. When I browse with Firefox it really seems to carry a load. Using Internet Explorer or Opera and things go much smoother. Overall this is a really nice setup. I'm testing Panda AV Pro 2009...

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Panda TruPrevent moves in mysterious ways, my friend
You never know how it will work. It may work now, but decide to go fowl later.

Note: I removed Panda IS 2009 and went back to Avira . It seems TruPrevent and DefenseWall don't mix. I enabled both, system went to a spin. Had to restore from earlier image.

I always buy Panda, has nothing to do with detection or cleaning...just like the icon in the sys tray

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It is a cute little Panda ain't it?. Hey I could be in line to be their 5th customer, that makes me eligible for a free upgrade next year. Honestly though its hard to give up the incredible lightness of being that is Avira Security Suite. This is a snazzy program though, hmmm...

nope they have to make sure they make the money off the 2 customers they have

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They really want to make sure they make money but it has always been like that . I have used Panda 2004,2005 and 2006 and it was always like that - they never allowed for free upgrade to newer version . One always had to renew in order to get the new version - obviously this hasn't changed.

One more thing - as far as I have read , officially Panda has a lot clients (4th place after Symantec,McAfee,Trend) , much more than ESET , Kaspersky , AVIRA (more popular here)

Last but not least , I have seen Panda 2007 and 2008 on clients' machines - it was awfully slow and big . I don't know how 2009 could run light especially when Panda's site says that the new 2009 products require 200+ Mbs of hard disk space and at least 512 Mb RAM (1 Gb or more recommended) for full run - AV, AS , Firewall , TruPrevent , etc . The install exe is too big , either.

IMO , the problem with Panda is that it is too BIG , I don't know if there is some kind of communication between their developers and the marketing team. I wonder who would buy it when it is so heavy ?

They really want to make sure they make money but it has always been like that . I have used Panda 2004,2005 and 2006 and it was always like that - they never allowed for free upgrade to newer version . One always had to renew in order to get the new version - obviously this hasn't changed.

One more thing - as far as I have read , officially Panda has a lot clients (4th place after Symantec,McAfee,Trend) , much more than ESET , Kaspersky , AVIRA (more popular here)

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Its called Pre Installed.... if the user only knew what was out there. they might smack the panda in the face.

HiTech_boy said:

IMO , the problem with Panda is that it is too BIG , I don't know if there is some kind of communication between their developers and the marketing team. I wonder who would buy it when it is so heavy ?

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Most people don't know there is different out here they just see the word Anti Virus and they expect it to protect them. most dont even know it slows down a system because it came pre installed on the computer in the first place. and they just blame the computer.